Stacy Adams2

I’m a veteran storyteller and journalist who loves God, my family and friends, chocolate, funny movies, naps, reading and writing. I'm also deeply optimistic, and convinced that as we find the courage to live beyond our fears, our lives will manifest the significance and joy we often crave. I pen novels that feature characters who are like many of us - trying to live fully in whatever season they find themselves. While they (and we) often fall short, grace is ever present. You'll likely recognize yourself, your relatives or your friends in my characters, and by book's end, I hope you will have laughed, cried and found yourself reflecting on how the twists and turns they navigate in their fictional worlds relate to your own.

Professional Bio

Stacy Hawkins Adams is an award-winning author and journalist with a reputation for helping others be confident in their own stories, while weaving tales herself in both the fiction and nonfiction genres.

Her eight nationally-published women’s fiction novels feature themes related to personal growth, faith, social justice and unconditional love. Those titles include Lead Me Home (recipient of a Publisher's Weekly starred review);Coming Home (a 2012 Target stores Recommended Read); and The Someday List, an Essence magazine bestseller. Her sole nonfiction book,Who Speaks To Your Heart? gives women practical tips and inspiration on how to connect more deeply with God.

Before becoming an author, Stacy was a newspaper reporter for 14 years, primarily at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. She went on to build a freelance writing career through which she penned articles for national publications such as AARP's Bulletin, Heart & Soul magazine and Crosswalk.com. She also served as a writing, marketing and community engagement strategist for nonprofits, using her skills to help family, youth-centric and literacy organizations better tell their stories.

In addition to penning books, Stacy currently writes an award-winning freelance parenting column for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. She also provides guidance to aspiring authors through her coaching program, Author In You, and by occasionally serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond.

Beyond the literary world, Stacy is a marketing and communications professional for an independent school. She recently obtained a graduate degree in women’s leadership and empowerment and is a sought-after keynote speaker for corporate, civic and faith-based organizations. She devotes considerable volunteer time to child advocacy and women's empowerment endeavors, leading to recognition in 2011 as a YWCA of Richmond “Outstanding Woman of the Year.” Stacy is honored to be a member of the 2015 class of Leadership Metro Richmond.

She resides with her family in suburban Richmond, Virginia and is currently writing her tenth book.

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